house concert etiquette

Since we're on the subject of etiquette, Marc and I went to a house concert on Thursday night for Brock Zeman.  If you've never been to a house concert, there are certain rules and etiquette that you are expected to adhere to.  First off, it's not a bar.  You really can't chat and listen to the music at the same time.  You're expected to quietly listen to the music and clap when it's over, wait until the end of the song to run to the bathroom and wait until the end of the next song before returning to your seat.  After all, the artist is usually playing acoustically 6 feet away from where you're sitting  and in a room the size of a living room, any disturbance you make is highly noticeable.  If you find yourself unable to do any of those things, at least make sure you turn your cell phone off and, this might be the most important rule of all, don't take multiple phone calls in the same room as the concert and proceed to have conversations about someone punching you in the face, ending your phone call with "Suck it!"  Yes, these things not only all happened at the concert we attended, but all by the same person.  Sigh....otherwise, a good show all in memory of organizer Carrie's dog Frank, who passed away the night before the concert.  Frank went to more summer festivals than most Sudbury residents and was always the life of the party.  I actually met Frank before I met Carrie when he introduced himself to me while I was sitting on the grass years ago at our Northern Lights Festival.  A perfect gentleman of course.  R.I.P Frank.